Rabu, 20 April 2011

Next Princess Kate Middleton Cute Photo Collection

Catherine Middleton is being tipped as the royal family's next people's princess.

With Diana, Princess of Wales' sapphire ring on her finger and Diana's son on her arm, she is already aware of the legacy that stands before her.

As she posed for her engagement pictures with Prince William, there was an uncanny similarity to the photos of Diana 29 years earlier.

Both women opted for the same shade of blue as they stood with their arms looped through that of their fiances, with the large oval sapphire and diamond ring on show.

Both spoke of the 'daunting' prospect ahead of them.

Yet Catherine is already marking herself out as very different from the bashful royal bride who became the world's most photographed woman.

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton has entered the public arena in a more assured way than Diana Spencer.

Confident and poised, observers say she has all the appearance of someone who has been groomed for royal duty, possessing a knowing look, secure in her knowledge of William's affections and intentions.

Diana, in contrast, emerged as 'Shy Di'. She was demure and blushed as she posed for her engagement pictures, her eyes peering out from under her long fringe.

Both came to the nation's attention in see-through outfits - but in markedly different ways.

Eager to please, Diana posed up for the cameras at the kindergarten where she worked in September 1980, five months before her engagement to the Prince of Wales.

But she was oblivious to the fact she was backlit by the sun and that her legs could be seen through her long pale-coloured skirt.

In 2002, Catherine strode down a catwalk at a charity fashion show in a transparent dress with black knickers and bra underneath, in front of an audience and future beau William.

When one friend once remarked she was lucky to be with William, she reportedly quipped: 'He's lucky to be going out with me'.

In contrast, in the early days of Diana's relationship with Charles, she ventured to say to one of his confidants: 'If I am lucky enough to be the Princess of Wales...'

She was 19 when she became betrothed to Charles. Catherine was 28 at the time.

Better educated with A-Levels and a degree in history of art under her belt, Catherine is more worldly wise and on an equal footing with her fiance.

Diana was 13 years younger than the Prince of Wales, but Catherine is five months older than William and they have already lived together at St Andrews, and she spends part of the week with William in Anglesey.

She hails from a far steadier family background than William's mother.

Her parents are still together, sparing her any of the anguish suffered by Diana, whose own mother and father split acrimoniously when she was only young.

Her non-aristocratic background differs from the posh Spencer circles of Diana - whose sister married the Queen's private secretary and whose grandmother was a confidante of the Queen Mother.

Charles was under pressure to find a wife and Diana fitted the bill.

The prince told a friend he was sure he could fall in love with her, but we now know his heart was already taken by Camilla Parker-Bowles.

He had been heir to the throne since he was three years old and was well aware it was his duty to secure the monarchy's future.